Dumb girl: Oh, I love The Flintstones. How do you say “yaba-daba-do” in Portuguese?
Portuguese stud: Yaba-daba-doooooo!
Dumb girl: God, that's awesome! I love Portuguese!
Pasadena, California
Dumb girl: Oh, I love The Flintstones. How do you say “yaba-daba-do” in Portuguese?
Portuguese stud: Yaba-daba-doooooo!
Dumb girl: God, that's awesome! I love Portuguese!
Pasadena, California
Nurse: How are the bowel movements?
Patient: Define “bowel movements.”
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/363326029/we-may-need-a-bigger-needle.html
Overheard by: Not a Dr
(in the atrium at the HQ of one of the national intelligence agencies)
Young woman to female buddy: It just wasn't meant to be. He refused to self-actualize me…
http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/2008/08/maybe-hes-cylon.html
Overheard by: Ian
Student, showing off his art project: On a scale of one to ten, with one being the lowest and ten being the highest, I was pretty happy with the way it turned out.
Madison, South Dakota
Six-year-old boy: What happens at grandma's stays at grandma's!
Mother: Ssssshhhhhhhhh!
Wal-Mart
Grand Junction, Colorado
Overheard by: Vanessa
60-something daughter: Mother, your hair looks like crap. You cannot wear your hair like that on Easter.
80-something mother: I do not give a rat's ass what my hair has to do with it. What does Easter have to do with it?
6o-something daughter: Mother! You are going to hell for saying that!
80-something mother: I'm going to hell for saying “Easter”?
60-something daughter: No, mother, for saying “ass”! For saying “ass” on Easter!
80-something mother: Oh, hell, really? Well, most of my family's going to hell anyway, so Easter ass, Easter ass, Easter ass, Easter ass! So, there! Happy?
Grandma's house
Illinois
Frumpy middle aged woman: Excuse me, who can I talk to if I'm interested in purchasing a piece of furniture?
Employee: That would be me. How can I help you?
Frumpy middle aged woman: I'm interesting in purchasing a piece of furniture.
Furniture Store
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mom: Do you know what next Wednesday is?
Three-year-old son: Friday!
Country Club
Greensboro, North Carolina
Overheard by: Annie Tewkesbury
Professor: Does this fit into his expanding and contracting magical porn circle?
Washington University
St Louis, Missouri
Overheard by: You can't laugh in a four person class
50-something mom: It was the first time I've ever heard Brian* call uncle Ned* a prick!
20-something son: Mom!
50-something mom: I don't even know what that is, a prick.
20-something son: Don't worry about it.
50-something mom: Well, Brian's right. Ned is a prick, whatever that is.
Woodbridge, Virginia
Overheard by: Cols
